Who was Robert Cuthbert?

Arthur Cuthbert (1734?-1788) had a brother Alexander and this brother Alexander had a third son Robert Cuthbert.  Robert is mentioned in Arthur's will (1787) but this is the only family reference to him that we have.

There was a Robert Cuthbert who was in the Navy.  A portrait of him was I understand sold in an auction in America in 2006 together with his sword and his dirk.  Captain Robert Cuthbert (RN) allegedly painted c 1812. There was a First Lieutenant Robert Cuthbert who served on HMS Majestic at the Battle of the Nile (1798) under Nelson - see letters and dispatches of Horatio Nelson 2/3 August 1798. I have recently been contacted by Des Bennett who has also has a portrait of Captain Robert Cuthbert which is the same as the portrait mentioned above.  Des does not know how Robert Cuthbert relates to his family but the link could be via Rosamund Cuthbert (1834-1867) who was an ancestor of Des.  Rosamund married Samuel Greg Rathbone.  Rosamund had a father refered to as Col Cuthbert who was resident at Cheltenham.

 There is also recorded a Captain Robert Cuthbert, 7th Foot, who died of wounds, 19th March 1812, in the Penninsular War in Badajoz, Spain.

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